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unfortunately comes in with very little background on foreign policy never paid much attention, is served in washington only two years i was enthusiastic supporter but those of us that looked at him knew it could be a problem and when he appointed secretary of state and secretary of defense for domestic reasons and appointed retired marine general as a national security adviser and put leon panetta, know he is a neighbor in california but captured by the mentality of the cia this was an extremely weak national security team and obama also was ruled by the military that is how you got the search of forces and i think he realizes he was had and that is important why i am a little more optimistic with the second turn this is a wiser man and with the the fact he ended the war in iraq and meandering toward the war in afghanistan allowing the of pentagon, an institution of the fine motor skills of a dinosaur takes them a long time to put something together for withdrawal. all obama has to do is look at gorbachev. he came 1985, a secret speech 1986 denouncing afghanistan, he had them tell shultz they were get
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washington's only book has the title "civility ." so these are crucial facets and features of the american vision, and i believe at it most profound they are challenging, and i think the debate will come. >> host: does the u.s. in your view, professor, have legitimate security concerns? >> guest: it does. it does. the united states was hit on 9/11. there's no doubt about it. completely out of the blue. one fine morning, as it were, and it has every right to be concerned and thus it has taken every kind of precaution, rightly, and has maintained that high level of security. its bam -- ambassadors were killed recently, we saw this diplomat killed in benghazi so we need to be concerned about it. at the same time the united states is more than just one aspect of its concerns about security. it represents something much bigger, and on the global stage, peter to me, at least, the united states symbolizes something i think very few countries symbolize and that is a vision of the world, a vision of society itself, which is different from oth
washington's only book has the title "civility ." so these are crucial facets and features of the american vision, and i believe at it most profound they are challenging, and i think the debate will come. >> host: does the u.s. in your view, professor, have legitimate security concerns? >> guest: it does. it does. the united states was hit on 9/11. there's no doubt about it. completely out of the blue. one fine morning, as it were, and it has every right to be concerned...
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he is not doing it in the coordination of anybody washington, baghdad or anyplace and it works for a while. then he is rotated out and the brigade comes than half the size of his division led by somebody who spent the previous four months bashing down doors in until someone else comes in later. here's where the story starts to get interesting. here's where the groups on each other. i am condensing a lot of things but let me give you some of the basics. petraeus is sent off to ft. leavenworth. a lot of people in the army didn't like petraeus. they didn't like officers who were too bookish or who stood out too much and petraeus was very much on many counts. zero he was sent to ft. leavenworth kansas and a lot of people are thinking the fair-haired leg, they are sending them out to pasture. he gets to ft. leavenworth and he realizes something. he realizes that this is actually the intellectual sector of the army. they write doctrine. they form the curriculum and command general staff college. they organize the national training centers and they loop these together the lessons from one a
he is not doing it in the coordination of anybody washington, baghdad or anyplace and it works for a while. then he is rotated out and the brigade comes than half the size of his division led by somebody who spent the previous four months bashing down doors in until someone else comes in later. here's where the story starts to get interesting. here's where the groups on each other. i am condensing a lot of things but let me give you some of the basics. petraeus is sent off to ft. leavenworth. a...
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he announced he was going to leave the administration that he was going to go back to the state of washington. this is someone i followed closely over the years. i testified against him in 1991 when he was nominated to be the cia director. and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote
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washington held a limited defense agreement with iranian but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraq invasion as tensions grew, american policymakers put to reach of the coast states the idea that perhaps it's time for a joint exercise. a show somewhere in this together. only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared more than saddam, a public backlash from what they routinely called the great state. they directly told the ambassadors before the invasion. he felt secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their land for that purpose, defending kuwait. why was he so secure in his belief? for us because of his view muslim state but reject the pollution of states on their soil and second because in practical terms, and mentioned it ever been so since 1979. other arab leaders pushed the following. saddam therefore believe muslims did would
washington held a limited defense agreement with iranian but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990, nor any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact, on the eve of the iraq invasion as tensions grew, american policymakers put to reach of the coast states the idea that perhaps it's time for a joint exercise. a show somewhere in this together. only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they...
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there are fine scholars to do this type of work and their places here in washington d.c. spending time doing this. other our students you're interested in these things and what is the established orthodoxy today. there are plenty of opportunities thank there are plenty of opportunities thanks to heritage federal are available to find out where they are, how you apply and starting to work and starting to work and politics are policy with the institutional problems that i talk about. >> i am curious germany was the origin of social welfare that they have a strong economy. do you have any insight? >> i talk about that because germany is the allied air the modern welfare state as we know it the great lover of freedom he set up the welfare state because urban industrial workers were voting for the social democratic party. he thought how we deal with it? we show them we can take care of their needs it wasn't noble but how to buy a short circuit the growing support of large numbers of people that were a political party that did more market oriented thinking perhaps the biggest c
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meanwhile there is a professor of the school of advanced international studies in washington, d.c., a military historian also a leading neoconservative he was one of the people signing petitions but we have to invade iraq and over for saddam who by force. he's also a member of the defense policy advisory board. so he goes over to iraq to look at what is going on and is the only member that goes there and he sees that as a disaster. there's an insurgency now and nobody knows what to do about it. now, he comes back through really upset because again, they are feeling the kind of pains of guilt because she was advising this administration. he advocated for the war. his son who like can graduate from harvard had recently joined the army and was going to be sent to iraq. he was going to be sent into this mess that he sort of helped create. so he thinks he has to do something about this so she sets up a seminar in the harbor in vermont to date he goes prudhoe rolodex and military journals and he invites everybody that he can find who has written anything remotely interesting about the subje
meanwhile there is a professor of the school of advanced international studies in washington, d.c., a military historian also a leading neoconservative he was one of the people signing petitions but we have to invade iraq and over for saddam who by force. he's also a member of the defense policy advisory board. so he goes over to iraq to look at what is going on and is the only member that goes there and he sees that as a disaster. there's an insurgency now and nobody knows what to do about it....
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he's not doing it with the coordination of anybody come in washington or baghdad or any place. and it works, for a while. then he is rotated out, a brigade comes in, half the size of his division led by some who spent the previous four months bashing down doors and also part until someone else comes along. but here's where the story starts interesting. is with all meet each other and i'm can -- condensing a lot of things but i'm giving you the basic. petraeus is set off to fort leavenworth. a lot of people in the army didn't really like petraeus. they thought -- they don't like officers who are too bookish or who stood up too much, and petraeus was free much guilt on both accounts. so he was sent to fort leavenworth, kansas, and a lot of people are thinking oh, that's great. sending him out to past year. but h it gets to fort leavenworh and he realizes something. he realizes that this is actually the intellectual center of the army, the right doctrine. they organize a national training centers. and they drew a loop through all this. and he said to himself as learning all this,
he's not doing it with the coordination of anybody come in washington or baghdad or any place. and it works, for a while. then he is rotated out, a brigade comes in, half the size of his division led by some who spent the previous four months bashing down doors and also part until someone else comes along. but here's where the story starts interesting. is with all meet each other and i'm can -- condensing a lot of things but i'm giving you the basic. petraeus is set off to fort leavenworth. a...
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for example, we all love of george washington, but we started washington in yorktown. brilliance. we steady his courage and dashing crossing of the delaware would save the revolution. who would george washington's girlfriend when he was a kid? and you find that teenage washington and more than one occasion basically go some in tears because he was turned down and puts pen to paper and writes roses are red and violets are blue to palms. he once wrote that cupid start has been shot through my heart when yet another broken into and out. this is a different look at washington. during my degrees and doctoral study by professors did not tell me about washington's teenage girl friends. so when this kind of fun and provides us with an important lens, a new way of understanding the presidents. we all know that our country's leaders have oftentimes been shaped by the hand of a woman, often the mother, often a wife, but i am here to tell you, some times that of the misters as well. it is in the news today as we tape this program, general david patraeus is still dominating the headlines with
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is the bane of our existence, nothing good happens in washington. only the good, smart people are in nebraska or california or ohio. [laughter] you say that for political advantage occasionally, but unfortunately, that has permeated a society of young people who have been conditioned in many ways. and i think of what we are going to need and what joseph nye first wrote about from harvard in 1990. and he was, joseph nye was before our foreign relations committee along with richard armitage, and they were co-chair of a commission sponsored by csis called soft power. soft power is a term that joseph nye first invented in 1990 and wrote a book about it. and all it is about is how great nations and societies use all their instruments of power, not just military. military isn't going to solve the problem. petraeus, before our committee in september, said that the answer to iraq, the answer to afghanistan is not going to be found at the end of a gun. there is no military solution in iraq and afghanistan. and incidentally, i have found over my 12 years in t
is the bane of our existence, nothing good happens in washington. only the good, smart people are in nebraska or california or ohio. [laughter] you say that for political advantage occasionally, but unfortunately, that has permeated a society of young people who have been conditioned in many ways. and i think of what we are going to need and what joseph nye first wrote about from harvard in 1990. and he was, joseph nye was before our foreign relations committee along with richard armitage, and...
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washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia or any pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. on the eve of the iraqi invasion tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each state the idea that it would be a good time for a joint military exercise. let's show saddam hussein we are in this together. of all the gulf states only one, only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared it more than saddam hussein of public backlash from cavorting with what iranians called a great statement and in fact saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, he felt secure, secure in the belief that no arab government would ever allow the united states to use their land for that purpose, depending. why was he so secure in his belief? for two reasons. his view that muslim states reject the pollution of american troops on their soil and second because in practical terms none could take
washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia or any pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. on the eve of the iraqi invasion tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each state the idea that it would be a good time for a joint military exercise. let's show saddam hussein we are in this together. of all the gulf states only one, only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited...
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but the fact remains that even surrendering 7,000 troops to washington, the british still had tens of thousands more troops in north america. and they could have summoned tens of thousands more troops from other parts of the empire if they had decided to do so. but they were not able to do so because of the power of a new force in insurgent warfare, a term that was only coined, fatefully, in 1776 the power of public opinion. now, if the founding fathers had been battling not the british empire, but the roman empire, i can assure you that the romans -- no matter how many battlefield defeats they would have suffered, would have come back, and george washington and the founders would have been crucified quite literally. the fact that this did not happen is because of what happened in an institution that the romans did not really have to worry about, at least not after the rise of the empire, and that was the house of commons, parliament. because if 1782, a year after -- in the year after the battle of yorktown, there was a very close vote in the house of commons to discontinue offensive
but the fact remains that even surrendering 7,000 troops to washington, the british still had tens of thousands more troops in north america. and they could have summoned tens of thousands more troops from other parts of the empire if they had decided to do so. but they were not able to do so because of the power of a new force in insurgent warfare, a term that was only coined, fatefully, in 1776 the power of public opinion. now, if the founding fathers had been battling not the british empire,...
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to institutions that we generally need in washington for the making of foreign policy. and of course, the expanded nato. it made no sense and the cold war is ending. it took credit for the winning of the cold war and more members from russia, even as george bush did, the former republic of the soviet union. into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about that. and then finally clinton lost his nerve on things of this country needed to do in terms of international agreements. we need to be part of this be part of this ban on cluster bombs. all of the nations have signed these packs. it is what they call the rogue nations, and then we have the united states. then we get to george bush, and it is possible to talk about those eight years. the fact that this country reelected him does not say very much for any of us anywhere. always had misuse of intelligence to a certain degree. the mexican war in the 1840s, the spanish-american war. in vietnam as well. that was based on the misuse of intelligence. but you never had systematic distortion of intelligence t
to institutions that we generally need in washington for the making of foreign policy. and of course, the expanded nato. it made no sense and the cold war is ending. it took credit for the winning of the cold war and more members from russia, even as george bush did, the former republic of the soviet union. into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about that. and then finally clinton lost his nerve on things of this country needed to do in terms of international agreements....
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everywhere the constitution was solvent freedom is the policy of the united states so on the high seas washington d.c.'s and the western territories freedom should be the policy and second, logically a series of policies the federal government could undertake to make freedom national slavery sectional on hopefully if the course of ultimate extinction. >> what is the moment he thought that would convey what you most for people to emancipation something that's starts with the war and republicans came in with policies to make "freedom national" a controversial doctor and. my book is mo know about this time and era? >> the discovery that we tend to write about emancipation something that's starts with the war and republicans came in with policies to make "freedom national" a controversial doctor and. my book is mostly about the origins of slavery policy and i realize there are more antebellum origen's denied this long negative anticipated and "freedom national" captures the organizing framework. >> host: it is against consensus or conventional wisdom? you are about to overturn something? >> to the ex
everywhere the constitution was solvent freedom is the policy of the united states so on the high seas washington d.c.'s and the western territories freedom should be the policy and second, logically a series of policies the federal government could undertake to make freedom national slavery sectional on hopefully if the course of ultimate extinction. >> what is the moment he thought that would convey what you most for people to emancipation something that's starts with the war and...
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>> from the national archives in washington d.c., james oakes examines efforts to end slavery ranging from the militaristic to the legislative what the panel that includes pulitzer prize-winning historians, annette gordon-reed and james mcpherson, ayers and eric foner. >> over the new year's weekend, 9100 people view this building to view the emancipation proclamation. some sat for hours for slaves and slave henry bellingham shale be done for it and forever free although the emancipation proclamation did not end slavert in america, have fundamentally changed the character of thehent he war.er fre overnight company worked to the union became human char liberation. million slaves as a bec symbolam of hope.rly 4 million that hope or freedom has finally realized the 13th amendment to the constitution which abolished slavery any place under u.s.of jurisdictiotn. abolished slavery in the u.s. jurisdiction. these landmark documents they are filled the documents that tell the story of the emancipation of the individual level. from a black soldier to the life that shows the difficulties are gr
>> from the national archives in washington d.c., james oakes examines efforts to end slavery ranging from the militaristic to the legislative what the panel that includes pulitzer prize-winning historians, annette gordon-reed and james mcpherson, ayers and eric foner. >> over the new year's weekend, 9100 people view this building to view the emancipation proclamation. some sat for hours for slaves and slave henry bellingham shale be done for it and forever free although the...
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so it's on the high seas and washington, d.c. and in the western territories freedom should be the policy of the national government and second, it meant logically the series of policies the federal government could undertake in order to make freedom national thereby putting slavery on the course of the ultimate extinction. stomach and was important for you. why did you decide you're going to use it as your title with is the moment this was granted convey what he most wanted to know about? >> it was the discovery we tend to write about the emancipation as something that starts entirely with the war and was the discovery that they can enter the war iraq with a set of policies they intended to pursue to make the freedom national based on this very controversial doctrine of what they believe the constitution did and didn't allow so my book is mostly about the origins and evolution of antislavery policy during the war and i discovered there are more into velo origen's than i had anticipated in the freedom national captures the organi
so it's on the high seas and washington, d.c. and in the western territories freedom should be the policy of the national government and second, it meant logically the series of policies the federal government could undertake in order to make freedom national thereby putting slavery on the course of the ultimate extinction. stomach and was important for you. why did you decide you're going to use it as your title with is the moment this was granted convey what he most wanted to know about?...
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and, of course, you would see similar devastation if one were to be is the off here in washington. now, i don't mean to alarm anybody here, but i think we need to think about these kinds of dangers because they are not going away. and as the iranian nuclear program accelerates, as pakistan stabilizes, these are very real possibilities that we have to think very hard about. rome was brought down by barbarians. we have to be very careful that we ourselves are not brought down by barbarians, and i think the first defense is to understand the nature of the problem, and that's what aye tried to contribute to with this book, to show the kinds of centrals -- of strategies that insurgents have applied. insurgency is not going away. this is going to remain the number one threat that we face. thank you. [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, we will now take questions. we have folks with microphones. all right. please raise your hand, and as i acknowledge you, let the folks get to you with the microphone and then identify yourself. all right: here we go. >> yes, thank you. cornelia weiss,
and, of course, you would see similar devastation if one were to be is the off here in washington. now, i don't mean to alarm anybody here, but i think we need to think about these kinds of dangers because they are not going away. and as the iranian nuclear program accelerates, as pakistan stabilizes, these are very real possibilities that we have to think very hard about. rome was brought down by barbarians. we have to be very careful that we ourselves are not brought down by barbarians, and i...
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in washington at the time. he told the president quote -- close the door and told him quote, i know you're aware of a fact that this is all the ingredients that has brought down three of the last five presidents, a hostage crisis, body bags, and a full-fledged economic recession caused by $40 a barrel oil. we recall that bush's decisions was hardly embraced across the board of american politics in 1990. just at the same time, congressional opposition to the war was far from being partisan but it was rather conducted i think out of a true sense of concern. and senate majority leader, george mitchell argued the risk of active american intervention was great. he said quote, these include an unknown number of casualties and deaths, billions of dollars spent, oil price increases. a war possibly widen to israel, turkey or of allies. the possible long-term occupation of iraq, increased instability in the persian gulf region, long lasting arab and american, and a possible return to american isolationism, end quote. loo
in washington at the time. he told the president quote -- close the door and told him quote, i know you're aware of a fact that this is all the ingredients that has brought down three of the last five presidents, a hostage crisis, body bags, and a full-fledged economic recession caused by $40 a barrel oil. we recall that bush's decisions was hardly embraced across the board of american politics in 1990. just at the same time, congressional opposition to the war was far from being partisan but...
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washington held a limited defense agreement but with no one else. there were for example no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990 or any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion as the tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the state's the idea that perhaps this would be a joint exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. only one of the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of the solidarity. they feared more than some of the backlash with what they routinely called the great state. and in fact, saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, she felt secure, secure in the belief that no government would ever allow the united states to lose for that purpose defending kuwait. why was he so secure in his belief? for two reasons. first because in his view the muslim states would reject the troops on their soil, and second, because in the practical terms, none of them to date had ever done so since 1979. of course iran had, but that was
washington held a limited defense agreement but with no one else. there were for example no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990 or any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion as the tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the state's the idea that perhaps this would be a joint exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. only one of the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of the...
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in the absence of american power, washington had to rely on in the absence of american power, washington had to rely on to serve its. the saudi arabians and the iranians. the same two countries after world war ii in which the united states military stuck around to help train. >> host: first off, was there any advancement on the part of some of the countries in the middle east were you talk about taking over to manage their affairs or was the resentment in the persian gulf area about that? >> guest: it is a complicated question. i would think for public consumption during 1968 to 1971 when the british are managing their withdrawal, many of the arab emirates announce that they were happy to see the british we. under the guise of the persian gulf, they publicly profess that they didn't want the united states to replace them. in private, on the other hand, the air of small emirates along the southern coast are petrified for 150 years. they had enjoyed a certain degree of british protection for that long. the small emirates and their leaders in these diplomatic gatherings during these three y
in the absence of american power, washington had to rely on in the absence of american power, washington had to rely on to serve its. the saudi arabians and the iranians. the same two countries after world war ii in which the united states military stuck around to help train. >> host: first off, was there any advancement on the part of some of the countries in the middle east were you talk about taking over to manage their affairs or was the resentment in the persian gulf area about that?...
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even the "washington post" in which really had much positive to say admitted she had threaded her way among all potential sources of trouble admirably and with skill. epitomizing the human response acquired by the tragedy to editorialists continued she succeeded in communicating to peruvians she met a genuine desire to help and to have done so for great paths, for which all she deserves much credit. if the trip to peru show the potential for pat to serve as goodwill ambassador, her trip the following year to africa despite her determination to break the restraints of the first lady role. in early january, 1972, pat sent out on an eight day, 10,000 miles trip to the african continent where she visited liberia, ghana and the ivory coast. .. the wife of the johnson publishing company which published ebony and jet in addition to official meetings, press conferences and speeches before political parties, the africans treated pat and her entourage to a while wind of dinners and receptions. she took her responsibilities seriously. julie noted that pat snuck a. from the family activities on c
even the "washington post" in which really had much positive to say admitted she had threaded her way among all potential sources of trouble admirably and with skill. epitomizing the human response acquired by the tragedy to editorialists continued she succeeded in communicating to peruvians she met a genuine desire to help and to have done so for great paths, for which all she deserves much credit. if the trip to peru show the potential for pat to serve as goodwill ambassador, her...
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just so much violence, so much slavery and hostagetaking in some unfamiliar country that people in washington didn't know what to do with. so that's part 2. part 3 is about carson's role in the conquest of the navajo people in everything he did with that monster slayer and this is the final act of his long career and probably woody's best known for common disorders campaign that is added to non-country that resulted in the conquest from their beloved land in this great experiment that went on to force the navajos to become farmers and christians living in the reservation and on the border with texas. so that's a big outfit has been a parts and the remarkable thing is kit carson is the through line that makes it make sense. he intersect did with all these aspects of his story out here. when i wrote the book, i was worried about the political correctness aspect because it's constantly shifting its point of view. i'm writing about pueblo indians and apaches and anglo-americans and french folks from the mountain man days in the spanish of his second wife come he was very close with the youth trie
just so much violence, so much slavery and hostagetaking in some unfamiliar country that people in washington didn't know what to do with. so that's part 2. part 3 is about carson's role in the conquest of the navajo people in everything he did with that monster slayer and this is the final act of his long career and probably woody's best known for common disorders campaign that is added to non-country that resulted in the conquest from their beloved land in this great experiment that went on...
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., well respected in washington with positions, and washington was the place to be with reconstruction, first class of black congressmen, black senators, and they were prom innocent, but frederick douglass was the most prominent black man in washington. there was a call to start a newspaper, and frederick douglass, with the experience with the north star and a leader of the black press, they wanted douglass to help found the paper and finance it. douglass was reluck at that particular time, but he eventually came around, and on january 13th, 1870, the new era was launched, and that really brought in focus frederick douglass in washington. he was involved in local politics at that time, which we know, the modern republican party, a little different than the republican party of the 19th century. frederick douglass was very much a republican party man. the washington, d.c. got self-government in the early 1870s. norton parker chipman was the first nonvoting delegate to congress. douglass competed with chipman for that position. douglass was very involved in local politics. he then continu
., well respected in washington with positions, and washington was the place to be with reconstruction, first class of black congressmen, black senators, and they were prom innocent, but frederick douglass was the most prominent black man in washington. there was a call to start a newspaper, and frederick douglass, with the experience with the north star and a leader of the black press, they wanted douglass to help found the paper and finance it. douglass was reluck at that particular time, but...
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at the trinity united methodist church and here is our lineup for the next several hours.to . .chief washington correspondent, scheduled to start his new show on cnn "the lead," in march. after that, evan thomas is next, "ike's bluff" delves into the policy decisions made by president eisenhower that kept the cold war cold. live coverage concludes with well-known historian and cultural critic gary wills. the newest book is "why priest," and in that, the pretty ser prize winning historian questions whether the priesthood is a necessary component of christianity today. up next, al gore talking about his most recent book "the future," and this is live coverage on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] we have heard from james patterson and mbc's hoe do hoed and we still have more than 30 renowned authors speaking at six different venues in and around telfair square today. it's an embarrassment of riches, and we must thank the city of savannah department of cultural affairs, festival sponsors, literati members and individual donors for their support. it is because of them that we are able to
at the trinity united methodist church and here is our lineup for the next several hours.to . .chief washington correspondent, scheduled to start his new show on cnn "the lead," in march. after that, evan thomas is next, "ike's bluff" delves into the policy decisions made by president eisenhower that kept the cold war cold. live coverage concludes with well-known historian and cultural critic gary wills. the newest book is "why priest," and in that, the pretty ser...